"Penelope" by Helene

Description

This painting is acrylic latex on canvas, 43"x 19" framed. I painted the frame a shabby chic faux technique. I wanted to express the "power within" in this painting. The self-confidence, the positive self-talk that we all experience within our own private thoughts. To discover, through painting, that moment of pure elation! Even if just a brief fleeting second, it's there, the joy! I first painted the background with aqua, green and a faux of cobalt blue. Painted the textile pattern in Penelope's blouse. Her gaze says it all! Thanks, Helene "Penelope was a loner throughout her formative years. She felt that her emotions ran her life. She allowed others to dictate their opinions and used their suggestions to run her own life. She knew that she had had been suppressing who she really was inside. However, as she became a woman, she realized she had given her power away and something needed to change. Getting in touch with her innerSelf was the beginning of her journey. Letting go of what she felt should be and allowing what is, released her inner dialoged of negative thoughts and allowed the blessings to become manifest."